About Google (google.com): Enables users to search the world's information, including webpages, images, and videos. Offers unique features and search technology.
Google.com is ranked #1 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings. Compared with internet averages, the site's audience tends to be aged 25–45 and over 55; they are also disproportionately users browsing from school and home. The site has been online for at least thirteen years. About 31% of visitors to it come from the US. Roughly 26% of visits to Google.com consist of only one pageview (i.e., are bounces).
facebook.com
About Facebook (facebook.com): A social utility that connects people, to keep up with friends, upload photos, share links and videos.
Facebook is the second most popular site in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings. Search engines refer approximately 6% of visits to it. This site has been online since 1997, and the time spent in a typical visit to Facebook is roughly 33 minutes, with 37 seconds spent on each pageview. Relative to the overall population of internet users, this site's audience tends to be users who browse from school and home; they are also disproportionately women under the age of 45.
youtube.com
About YouTube - Broadcast yourself (youtube.com): YouTube is a way to get your videos to the people who matter to you. Upload, tag and share your videos worldwide!
Youtube.com is ranked #3 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings. The site is based in the US. It belongs to the “Video Sharing” category. Youtube.com's visitors view an average of 13.6 unique pages per day. Approximately 15% of visits to the site are referred by search engines.
yahoo.com
About Yahoo! (yahoo.com): A major internet portal and service provider offering search results, customizable content, chatrooms, free e-mail, clubs, and pager.
Yahoo.com is ranked #4 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings, and roughly 30% of visits to the site consist of only one pageview (i.e., are bounces). While we estimate that 32% of visitors to the site come from the US, where it is ranked #3, it is also popular in Taiwan, where it is ranked #1. Compared with internet averages, the site's audience tends to be aged 25–45 and over 55; they are also disproportionately women browsing from home and school. The fraction of visits to Yahoo.com referred by search engines is approximately 8%.
blogspot.com
About Blogger.com (blogspot.com): Free, automated weblog publishing tool that sends updates to a site via FTP.
Blogspot.com is the fifth most popular site in the world based on its three-month Alexa traffic rank. The site has been online since 2000. Compared with internet averages, the site appeals more to users who browse from home and school; its visitors also tend to consist of highly educated women earning less than $30,000. The site belongs to the “Blogger” category of internet sites. Approximately 21% of visits to Blogger.com are referred by search engines.
baidu.com
About Baidu.com (baidu.com): The leading Chinese language search engine, provides "simple and reliable" search experience, strong in Chinese language and multi-media content including MP3 music and movies, the first to offer WAP and PDA-based mobile search in China.
Baidu.com is ranked #6 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings. The time spent in a typical visit to the site is approximately fourteen minutes, with 31 seconds spent on each pageview. Compared with internet averages, the site appeals more to Asians; its visitors also tend to consist of women browsing from work and school who have no postgraduate education and have incomes between $30,000 and $100,000. Baidu.com has been online for more than eleven years.
wikipedia.orgAbout Wikipedia (wikipedia.org): A free encyclopedia built collaboratively using wiki software. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License).
Wikipedia.org is ranked #7 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings. The fraction of visits to the site referred by search engines is about 52%. The site belongs to the “Wikipedia” category. Compared with internet averages, Wikipedia's audience tends to be users who browse from school and work; it also appeals more to childless men under the age of 35 who have postgraduate educations. The site has been online for at least ten years.
